Natick, MA, United States
- (9 Mar 2017)

MathWorks today introduced Release 2017a (R2017a) with a range of new capabilities in MATLAB and Simulink. R2017a includes a new product, Automated Driving System Toolbox, which helps design, simulate, and test ADAS and autonomous driving systems. R2017a also includes updates and bug fixes to 86 other products.

MATLAB Product Family Updates Include:

MATLAB

Interactive figure updates in the Live Editor, including title, labels, legend, and other annotations, as well as the ability to copy live script outputs to other applications

heatmap chart functions for visualizing data

More functions for operating on tall arrays, including ismember, sort, conv, and moving statistics functions

Econometrics Toolbox

Bayesian linear regression model for analyzing the relationship between a response and a set of predictor variables

Vector autoregressive model for analyzing multivariate time series data, including exogenous predictors

MATLAB Production Server

Web-based server management dashboard for IT configuration and control

Neural Network Toolbox

Deep learning algorithms for training convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for regression tasks using multiple GPUs on PCs, on clusters, and in the cloud

Deep learning visualization for the features a CNN model has learned using image optimization

DOORS Next Generation support for linking and tracing model elements to requirements in DOORS Next Generation

Simulink Design Verifier

Visualization of the effect of state activity timing on slicer highlighting for simulations

Simulink Code Inspector

Support for loop and cyclic operations in MATLAB, Simulink, and Stateflow

R2017a is available immediately worldwide. For more information, see R2017a Highlights.

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